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#6CB6EA

#6cb6ea ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6cb6ea is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 42.35% red, 71.37% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.85% cyan, 22.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 204.76°, with 75% saturation and 67.06% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 3.3.

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Relative luminance0.4258

Complementary

  1. #6cb6ea
  2. #eaa06c

Split complementary

  1. #6cb6ea
  2. #ea6c77
  3. #eadf6c

Analogous

  1. #6ceadf
  2. #6cb6ea
  3. #6c77ea

Triadic

  1. #6cb6ea
  2. #ea6cb6
  3. #b6ea6c

Tetradic

  1. #6cb6ea
  2. #a06cea
  3. #eaa06c
  4. #b6ea6c

Square

  1. #6cb6ea
  2. #df6cea
  3. #eaa06c
  4. #77ea6c

Monochromatic

  1. #186ba5
  2. #2995e0
  3. #6cb6ea
  4. #afd7f4
  5. #edf6fc

Shades

#6cb6ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6cb6ea
  2. #61a4d3
  3. #5692bb
  4. #4c7fa4
  5. #416d8c
  6. #365b75
  7. #2b495e
  8. #203746
  9. #16242f
  10. #0b1217
  11. #000000

Tints

#6cb6ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6cb6ea
  2. #7bbdec
  3. #89c5ee
  4. #98ccf0
  5. #a7d3f2
  6. #b6dbf5
  7. #c4e2f7
  8. #d3e9f9
  9. #e2f0fb
  10. #f0f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6cb6ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6cb6ea
  2. #6eb1df
  3. #70abd5
  4. #72a6ca
  5. #74a0c0
  6. #769bb5
  7. #7896aa
  8. #7a90a0
  9. #7c8b95
  10. #7e858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98b2c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fb6ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ea9e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #10c3c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8db6eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #82aee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #47bed6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6cb6ea {
  color: #6cb6ea;
}
Background
.bg-6cb6ea {
  background-color: #6cb6ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6cb6ea {
  border: 2px solid #6cb6ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6cb6ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 108 182 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 75% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6cb6ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6cb6ea, #6c77ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6cb6ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(108 182 234 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.30 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.12 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.27 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.47 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.49 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.68 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.12 #934915 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#6cb6ea  rgb(108, 182, 234)  hsl(205, 75%, 67%)  Maya Blue
#eaa06c  rgb(234, 160, 108)  hsl(25, 75%, 67%)  Sandy Brown
#ea6cb6  rgb(234, 108, 182)  hsl(325, 75%, 67%)  Hot Pink
#b6ea6c  rgb(182, 234, 108)  hsl(85, 75%, 67%)  Inchworm